St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-03

son as president and Ernest Dean. N. II.
Gjertsen and Peter johnson on the execu-
tive committee. Their next meeting VIII
be March s, when the club will meet at the
residence of A. H, Edsten, No. 4OS Cedar
avenue.
c. A. Jacobsen. publisher OF the Svenska
Posten, Omaha. has been in the city few
days. He is an old settler of Minneapolis.
The Scandinavian Labor and Aid society.
of East Minneapolis, had its annual election
of officers last night, as follows: President.
Nils KiOSneS; vice president, Al .JohsnOn;
secretary, Edward SolDerg; treasurer, Lars
Farmo; to care for the sick, o. j.
Wigen Mike Olson. Ole Lie. A. G. Larson
and Peter KiosneS; uSherS, Ole Lie and Ole
Kiosnes; rivisors, Peter Kiosnes, Peter
Holm and Mike Olson. The society will
give its annual entertainment March 25 ut
the East Side rink, corner Fifth street and
Central avenue.
The Svenska Gardeta troupe of Swedish
''volontairs," will have military ball at
Harmonic hall March II. Gov. McGill,
Mayor Ames and Col. Hans Mattson are on
the programme as speakers.
Svenska BrOderna (the Swedish brothers),
society founded Nov. 26. 1876, is said to
be very prosperous society, showing a
steady growth of membership. At present
the society numbers 200 or thereabout. The
founders were p. OSander. Fred Peterson,
| q. Lundell, n. p. Liljegren, l.. w. Erland-
son, l.. Damn, c. johnson. J. Nilsson and
Palmer. This society has one OF the finest
Scandinavian libraries in the city.
Marriage licenses have been taken out in
Hennepin county by the following Scandi-
navians during the last eight days: j.
Paulson and Josephine Peterson, John
Erickson and Amalia Gustafson. C. II.
Turner and Lima Bodin, Martin OpSahl
and Hanna Erickson. Paul Folviz and JO-
hanna jacobson, 0. Dahlstrom and Emma
Gustafson. A. Anderson and Siri Tondin,
Martin BerZ and Annie Johnson, Gustaf
Allen and Emma Erickson, A. Anderson,
and Annie Orphus, A. Odeen and Ida
Reiter. John Davis and Tilda Bergesson.
AS to the organization of the boarding
house keepers the Scandinavian press of
this week contain several answers to the
circular criticisng the move as tyrannical.
A Scandinavian mass meeting will be held
at 1880 o'clock tomorrow evening in the base
meut of the Hauges church for the purpose
OF organizing protective society for Scanii-
navian emigrants who may come here during
the present year.
A social entertainment will be given to-
morrow night by the Norwegian Temperance
society at the East side rink, corner Central
avenue and Fifth street. Prof. Oftedal will
make the salutatory speech.
Pastor Muller Eggen will deliver lecture
Wednesday evening, March 16, at the DANA
hall, for the benefit of the students library of
the Augsburg seminary. Subject: ''Rela-
ton Of Women to Men,
Scandinavian student of the state uni
verSity writes to Budstikken Of this week an
interesting letter on the real relation between
the Scandinavian students of that institution
and the professorship IN Scandinavian Ian
guages and literature.
The Canadian fishery question has in
volved two Scandinavian contemporaries, the
Skatfaren, OF ST. Paul, aad Svenska Ameri-
kanaren, OF Chicago, in a mild war. The st.
Paul paper, Skafaren, settles the editorial
pen fight in a we'll written Article in this
weeks issue.
The NOrdvesten's Skandinaviske Typograf-
Forening, of Minneapolis, has made up a
tirst-class programme for its evening enter
tainment March 20. A vaudeville in one act
of Eric Bogh, called Monster" will be pre-
scented at this festival, which will be held in
Harmonic hail.
| At the semi-annual meeting of the Nor =
mania society the following officers were
elected: Directors, X. L. Opheim, J. Herm-
| stad, j. G. Huseby and c. Thompson; sup
| Elementary director, Fl Even Newman: revis-
| ors, Holm, Nilsson and o. Bjerknes; for pres
| ident, F. A. Husher (re-elected), vice presi-
dent, A. Fl. Edsten (also re-eiected); secre-
tary, John e. Hoode; corresponding secre-
! tary, j. &. Huseby; treasurer, J. A. Blich-
| feldt. The society has in prospect the build
| ing OF new four-StOry structure.